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The Boys: 1952
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 1:04pm.
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Possibly Indianapolis, circa 1952. Set 2 of found 35mm Kodachromes. At right is the boy from Dancing Queen. At left: Technicolor cuffs. View full size.
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Bathgate Avenue: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 12:46pm.
December 1936. "Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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Tree 1, Car 0
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 8:38am.
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Grandmother: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 1:06am.
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October 1939. "Soper grandmother, who lives with family. Farm Security Administration borrower. Willow Creek area. Malheur County, Oregon." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the FSA. View full size.
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Rockville Rooster: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 12:57am.
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August 27, 1925. Montgomery County, Maryland. "Mrs. Margaret Barnes at the Rockville Fair." View full size. 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company.
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Mr. Habudashu: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 12:44am.
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1926 or 1927. "Mr. Tabber Raleigh Habudashu," says the Library of Congress. What we see written on the negative is "Tabber of Raleigh, Haberdasher." 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
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Barchet, Navy: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 9:28pm.
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"Barchet, fullback, Navy, 1922." Steve Barchet, backfield star of the Naval Academy in Annapolis. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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